Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Built to run on the company's quad-core Kal-El processor, NVIDIA demoed the new goodness on a Honeycomb slate with 1280 x 800 resolution and the frame rates remained smooth throughout. NVIDIA promises the production chip will be 25 to 30 percent faster than the one on display today. Full video demo follows after the break. See more in

Monday, May 23, 2011

Sigma Corporation of America announced to ship SD1 camera in early June.

It contains a 46 megapixel 23.5×15.7mm APS-C X3 Full-color image sensor. The 46 effective megapixel (4,800×3,200×3 layers) and 44 recording megapixel (4,704×3,136×3 layers) 23.5×15.7mm APS-C X3 direct image sensor featured in the Sigma SD1 captures all primary RGB colors at each and every pixel location, ensuring the capture of full and complete color. Using three silicon-embedded layers of photo detectors, stacked vertically to take advantage of silicon’s ability to absorb red, green and blue light at different respective depths, it efficiently reproduces color more accurately, and offers sharper resolution, pixel for pixel, than any conventional image sensor. Since color moiré is not generated, the use of a low-pass filter is not required, meaning light and color, generated by the 46 megapixel APS-C X3 direct image sensor is captured with a three-dimensional feel.

With this sensor, ISO sensitivity can be selected from 100 to 6400. The SD1 captures light effectively and ensures noiseless image processing. The image sensor provides high definition with rich, graduated tones.

The Sigma SD1 will be available for the MSRP of $9,700 through select authorized Sigma dealers.

Friday, May 20, 2011

According to "The Rising Demand for Tech Talent" report from Dice, Cloud computing is still in relative infancy but it tops the list in growth with openings up nearly two-fold over the last year. The importance of reducing hardware and operating costs is driving the need for those with virtualization experience, specifically VMware, helping this skill come in at #2 on the list.

Thanks to the boom in cloud-based applications, Java/J2EE, Oracle and C languages have topped the list of most common tech skills found in Dice job postings for quite some time. The demand for JavaScript has been up 86% year/year.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Industry analyst firm Marketsandmarkets, published that list the total global machine-vision system and component market at US$15.3 billion by the year 2015, with cameras and smart cameras accounting for approximately 27.3% of total revenue. It expects the global market to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3% over the five-year period forecasted. The worldwide machine-vision system and components market is estimated to reach $9830.4 million in 2010, according to Marketsandmarkets. The cameras market is exhibiting the fastest growht, growing at 10.2% CAGR from 2010-2015 as a result of the lower costs and ease-of-use of leading-edge smart cameras. The processor, software, and hardware segment is expected to reach $3641.6 million in 2015 with CAGR estimated at 8.8% over the five-year period.

The market study shows that Asia-Pacific has the largest market share and is the regional leader in growth, at 11.1% from 2010-2015, and forecasted to continue this trend. North America is the second largest market for machine vision, occupying 32.2% of 2010 market share. The rest of the world (ROW) was the smallest market for components and systems in 2010.